Projects

The Peace Corps Stomp Out Malaria program in Senegal is requesting assistance building a better base map of Badioula. In collaboration with the Senegalese Ministry of Health, Peace Corps and Senegalese public health professionals will conduct a study to determine the importance of geographic proximity in malaria transmission. In other words, the team seeks to determine whether all members of a household should be preemptively treated for malaria if one member tests positive. The purpose of this task is to trace missing buildings and roads.

The Peace Corps Stomp Out Malaria program in Senegal is requesting assistance building a better base map of insert village name. In collaboration with the Senegalese Ministry of Health, Peace Corps and Senegalese public health professionals will conduct a study to determine the importance of geographic proximity in malaria transmission. In other words, the team seeks to determine whether all members of a household should be preemptively treated for malaria if one member tests positive. The purpose of this task is to trace missing buildings and roads.

Thank You Mappers! After a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Afghanistan on October 26, 2015 you responded by mapping the road network and identifying populated places. This project is effectively complete for the target area, the remaining work is to validate the tiles in the priority area.

Please work on the revised and updated Project #1264 . We have adjusted the priority of this project down one level and we will continue this project as we get more updates from the ground.

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Afghanistan on October 26, 2015 at 09:09:32 UTC .
The magnitude 7.5 quake was centred in the mountainous Hindu Kush region, 75km (46 miles) south of Faizabad, the US Geological Survey reported.

HOT is supporting the local OSM community in this response.

First priority established in the first hours after the Earthquake, is the road network to connect to remote areas. We will also identify residential areas polygons.

This task is part of USAID/OFDA and USGS/VDAP’s continued efforts in DRR mapping of volcanic hazards in Indonesia pre-disaster. Volunteers will create and improve existing infrastructure data, with a focus on tracing buildings, roads, and inland water features.

This is a task to map the roads, buildings, rivers and residential areas inland 5 to 50 km from the predicted coastal landfall area for Hurricane Patricia. The data will be used by humanitarian responders to deliver assistance, coordinate actions and plan for recovery.

Getting a thematic, consolidated data over a territory is one of the main concerns for OSM, that often confronts very detailed areas and very partially mapped areas, as in Burkina Faso. The state of completeness and consistency is totally unknown.
This project uses a methodology to get a consolidated mapping over a territory, designed first for the Central African Republic. It uses a buffer made from an exisiting reference road layer.

The Peace Corps Youth and Community Development program in El Salvador is requesting assistance creating a better base map of Chalatenango. The map data will be used in a variety of field-based training activities and use cases.

About the Tasking Manager

OSM Tasking Manager is a mapping tool designed and built for the Humanitarian OSM Team collaborative mapping. The purpose of the tool is to divide up a mapping job into smaller tasks that can be completed rapidly. It shows which areas need to be mapped and which areas need the mapping validated.

This approach facilitates the distribution of tasks to the various mappers in a context of emergency. It also permits control of the progress and the homogeneity of the work done (e.g. elements to cover, specific tags to use, etc.).

New to Mapping?

Just jump over to OpenStreetMap, create an account, and then visit the LearnOSM tutorials on the Tasking Manager and the iD editor. Alternatively check out the MapGive website which also provides information on the Tasking Manager and mapping. Once you have read up on how to map, come back here to help map for people on the ground!

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